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Because my husband, John, tends to snore, I rarelyget more than a couple of hours sleep each night. Whenhe awakens refreshed in the morning, he's alwaysastonished to fi nd that he has been the cause of anothersleepless night for me. EVENT
One night John had severe allergy symptoms, sohe took some medication before he went to bed. To mysurprise, he fell into a deep sleep, allowing me to nodoff comfortably too.I awoke to find him shaking me. "What's thematter?" I asked, trying not to sound irritable. "Areyou i n pain?""No," he said, "but the drugs have worn off, andI can't sleep." I stared at him in exhausted disbelief."What do you want me to do about it?" I said throughclenched teeth.
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"Oh, nothing," he replied. "I just wanted you tokno-Bernadette Payne-Taken from Reader’s Digest, July 2000